IAG buys NIKI
Recently bankrupted Niki has been bought by the IAG Group for €20m. IAG plans to run NIKI as a subsidiary of its Spanish LCC Vueling. Reports are that 740 NIKI staff will be moved to the new company. In addition,…
Addison Schonland
Co-Founder AirInsight. My previous life includes stints at Shell South Africa, CIC Research, and PA Consulting. Got bitten by the aviation bug and ended up an Avgeek. Then the data bug got me, making me a curious Avgeek seeking data-driven logic. Also, I appreciate conversations with smart people from whom I learn so much. Summary: I am very fortunate to work with and converse with great people.
US Regional Airline Association annual report
The RAA provided its RAA Annual Report 2017 today. Here a few highlights from their statistics. Looking at these charts, how strong an argument can you make for a new generation regional jet in the US market? We don’t…
Santa came to Toulouse a few days late
But he certainly made it! China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited signed a firm order for 50 A320neo Family aircraft. This latest incremental order brings CALC’s total order book to date to around 200 Airbus single-aisle aircraft. Indigo Partners and…
Why Air India’s privatization might not occur
Take a look at this story. A quick read, it explains why there is no long line of investors waiting to take the airline private. The government does not want Air India to become defunct like Kingfisher Airlines, promoted by…
First ATP Engine Run
Just before Christmas, on December 22, GE Aviation undertook the first run of its new ATP engine at its Prague facility. The launch application for the ATP will be the Cessna Denali. The aircraft is scheduled to fly in late…
The A319neo
There is one A319neo in flight test, D-AVWA. Its first flight was March 31, 2017 and the chart lists test flights in terms of flight hours. Only 180 so far. Is the A319neo slowing down? On October 16, Airbus and…